raffaplymouth - 2012-10-28 7:48 PM

i have installed the inner and outer windshield molding , all stainless steel polished , the screws look like #10 but the head is too big fot the seat ... look like is ok #10 screw with #8 head dimension ... someone can help me ??

raffaplymouth - 2012-10-27 7:52 PM

Thank you for considering these...where you live in swisse ?? i go every year at oesingen car meeting ...

springsweptwing - 2012-10-04 5:06 PM



this is the metal insert for the front fender.

57desoto - 2012-10-29 3:33 AM

Raffaelle, you know I'm one of your biggest fans, so I'm only pointing out a few things to help you. On the front fenders, the picture looks like you did paint the section between the moldings. As we noted in an earlier post, you should be able to see that the fender is not painted the gold -- just the metal insert is painted, and it rests between the moldings. You can usually tell when it's right because you can see a small strip of body-color paint at the rear edge of that insert, since it doesn't cover up the absolute complete space between the moldings. Maybe I'm wrong looking at your picture, but that's what it looks like to me, since I can see gold all the way back to the edge of the fender. I'll attach a picture showing what I mean. Yours should look just like this but with the colors reversed, of course.

I'm guessing you have the headlight chrome frames on the fenders just to check their fit. In reality, the chrome edge is riveted onto the black buckets, and installed over the inner light housings and the lamps themselves. Often, after rechroming, you can put the black parts in place, and have the chrome surrounds just "hold them", but the factory version was attached together, as I said, with the rivets.

FABULOUS job you're doing!

ToMopar - 2012-11-01 3:23 PM Hello Paul & Ed, I'm interested in these insert's. Are these only on Adventurer's or on the other model's too ? /ToM

raffaplymouth - 2012-10-31 3:32 PM
i think the insert only on two tone paint  car

ToMopar - 2012-11-01 6:21 PM Kent & Peter of kpusabil moved this autumn. Mail them kpbensin@swipnet.se - I am sure they have the lenses in stock - I think I've seen some at their place

raffaplymouth - 2012-11-01 12:15 PM

Today I made an inventory of parts and I found that I miss the main wiring harness , i have only power windows harness and convertible motor harness , i dont have the main harness

this is the list of parts that i need ( hard to find ):

wiring harness

left and right mirrors

tail light bezels

tail light lens ( kbusabil are discontinued)

all lock and key

power steering box wedge ( for adjust column allignement )

earleebob1 - 2012-11-02 11:39 PM Buongiorno Raffe la vostra auto ha un ottimo aspetto. I managed to buy a pair of reproduction aerials on eBay a couple of years back. I think the stem is fairly close to the original Roberto

d500neil - 2012-11-03 12:15 AM Raffa, AG Back East can restore (replicate, actually) your car's P/T plate: http://www.datatags.com/ It's reverse side may confirm the numbers that you can not see clearly, on its corroded front side.

57desoto - 2012-11-03 1:54 PM On your data plate, Raffaelle, it's not a PH, it's a PB, for Power Brakes. You have nothing stamped there because the Adventurers came with power brakes as standard equipment. Also, By now you know that your car should NOT have the bumper guards.

d500neil - 2012-11-03 12:15 AM Raffa, AG Back East can restore (replicate, actually) your car's P/T plate: http://www.datatags.com/ It's reverse side may confirm the numbers that you can not see clearly, on its corroded front side.

57desoto - 2012-11-03 10:02 PM No, Raffaelle. The BG letters are stamped on EVERY plate. You only HAVE the bumper guards if there is a number 3 stamped below the BG, or if you have a number 7 stamped below the GG. Again, all the tags have the LETTERS stamped. It's the numbers under the letters that matter.

christine-lover - 2012-11-01 12:58 PM



Mirrors are repro'd item #170652991801 on eBay.

Wiring harnesses are custom made by Greg, correctly:

Greg Leggatt
8738 County Road 2
Napanee, Ontario
Canada. K7R 3L1
Phone: 613-354-2712

Rest you could get used from a salvage yard.

57desoto - 2012-11-03 1:54 PM On your data plate, Raffaelle, it's not a PH, it's a PB, for Power Brakes. You have nothing stamped there because the Adventurers came with power brakes as standard equipment. Also, By now you know that your car should NOT have the bumper guards.

earleebob1 - 2012-11-10 10:01 PM Hey Raffe I thought these might look good on my Flite also- I am the current high bidder! They're probably going to cost someone a lot of money!!! Roberto

raffaplymouth - 2012-11-11 5:48 AM

i dont know when Lee found the car have bumper guards , probably the front was crashed and was replaced with another bumper with guard

roadkillontheweb - 2012-11-11 1:24 PM The owner that brought the car to Iowa was a young kid in college. His brother said he was a bit of a hell raiser and it was a car with a lot of horsepower with drum brakes and non radial tires. The person he sold it to also said that his father was tired of bailing him out of trouble So there is a very good chance that he did wreck the car and this was a replacement bumper? The second owner actually picked it up at the Chrysler dealership in Fairfield and I seem to remember that part of the sale of the car went to pay the dealer for work he had done to the car. There is also a good chance that he had the dealer install them too. If he wanted a black and gold car bad enough to have it repainted when new, there is a very good chance that he had the dealer dress it up also. Raffy, have you ever been able to contact the second owner other than send he pictures? She still has a wealth of information about the car and the guy she bought it from.

raffaplymouth - 2012-11-11 10:02 AM

i understand .. probably was added from Dealer ... Lee i had written at Marilyn j. Schmidt  around 6 month ago ..., but I never received an answer, I would be happy to learn more and see more photos , advise me to write another time  or make a call phone? probably the mail was missing ...

roadkillontheweb - 2012-11-11 6:39 PM I'll try to call her this week and see if she got your letter, I will also see if she has an email address.

raffaplymouth - 2012-11-15 12:33 PM

Lee , you tried to call Marilyn ??

roadkillontheweb - 2012-11-30 1:42 AM I have called her several times since my last post with no luck but today I tried to call while I was at lunch and got an answer! She says she spends a lot of time tending the horses etc. so lunch might be the best time to call. I asked her if she had received your letter and she said she did not and that she would have been excited to hear from you as the car brings back lots of good memories. I asked if she had an email address and she stated that she did not own a computer. I asked her for permission to give her phone number to you Raffy and she said you bet! she would love to talk to you about the car and would love to see progress photos and she does still very much love the car and is proud to know it is being brought back to life. I will PM you her phone number! I asked again about photos of the car and she said that luckily she had given her photo albums to her daughter after her husband died 30 years ago so they did not burn up when her house burnt to the ground. She thinks that there are at least three photos of the car in the album. It looks like I might have to make a trip to Ottumwa to visit her and take her to her daughters house to get any shot at getting the photos due to issues in the family? If I can get the daughter to let her mom have the albums I will take them and her to the local wallgreens and get the photos scanned and prints made. Lee

raffaplymouth - 2012-12-01 1:56 PM



If you are coming this far we need to stop in and see Marilyn also. It is right at 100 miles from my house about 2 hours drive.
She is indeed glad to hear that you are bringing the car back to life and has finally came to accept that is was a white and gold car. (she only knew it as a black and gold car) If I can get the old images, you bet I will.